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Il. wiSfnr Vance, VI. ID.

| On Wednesday, 10Th November, 1887, at his
fathers home, Eden Hall, Abheville county; /;
died J. Wistar Vance, in the tnrty-second
year OF Ills a.e He was the oldest son OF
Major j. *. Vance, and was born on int l0th
September, lSI5 ~
lie was II pupil attending The CokeSomry
Conference School when the war began. aiter
entering the Citadel Academy as cauet, nc
in common with the rest OF the members 0l
his class, joined the army, and young thoueh
he WAS served though the long struggle its a.
brave soldier At the close OF the war he re.
sumcd his studies, and In the year lo0t, nc
conpanied by two younger bro'heis, ana oS
several other young CarolininnS, ne crossed e,
the Atlantic and matricu;a ;ated as student al
Edinburgh University. There he remained loT
four years, taking a ful course in the Medical
Department. He obtained the degree OF DOC
tor of Medicine in 1910, having been grnuuat-
cd with high honors in Medical College IN
which 10 take Il bare degree Is no mean
achievement He TO- k first honors IN the
School OF Surgery, in which the leading pro
fcsSOr was the famous surgeon, Dr. Patrick
Watson, whose favOrite pupil he was.
He returned TO South Carolina In the TALL OF
1870. Alter spending n few months NJ his
fathers homein Cokesbury, he went TO Al,
while there he filled chair in the Atlanla
Medical College. subsequently he settled In
Greenville, South Carolina, where he lived at
The time of his marriage to Miss Susa Vance,
Of Memphis, Tennessee. Inducements were
Offered TO him to go to Memphis, but he pre-,
ftrrcd to cast in his lot with the rising ana
prosperous tOTn Of ST. Joseph, Missouri
There he lived and practiced his profession
with success until his health failed him. He
came home on n visit to his father and friends
doing the past summer. 1t was hoped mat
his native air would restore the sparkle TO his
eye and the colour 10 his cheek; but 1t was
soon clear to his family that the end was near
dt hand. And thus it was; while still in the
prm OF young manhood, he was cut OIL.
HIS wife bore him four children, Of whom
two survive, a little boy and girl.
1t was while an Edinburgh student that the
writer Of this memorial first met Wistar
Vance. He was one OF Il company OF some
thirty-five young Americans who had come
from the several Southern. States TO NJ,
tend the famous Scottish University. or all
This pleasant cOmpany-and very pleasant
company IT, was-Wistar Vance was the favor.
itc, Genial generous, manly, he was the loved
of all. The social qualities and Kindness OF
heart which distinguished him In after life
were conspicuous in the young student OF
that light-hearted "Rebel Gang" as they
STYLED themSelve? Alas, not few have gone
to the grave before him; but of those that
remain. there Is not one who has not pleasant
memories of Wistar Vance, and who will not
drop q tear on his untimely tomb.
For the first time In ten years, the writer
saw him last September. 1t was hard to
recognize in the plnched face and wasted
form his handsome friend Of former years
But the CHEEKY heart was still within. and the
merry laugh would force It's way out while II
threatened TO shatter The frail body. His
doom was written on his face; and 1t came
swift and sure.
BY his flther and his brothers and sisters,
be was beloved as are few sons or brothers,
His friends loved him with tenderness
rarcly ielt by man for man. If the "doughtie
Douglas" dying in Spain. requested that his
friends should inscribe on his tomb: "liere
lies q kindly Scot" well may the friends Of
Wistar Vance write rs his epiiaph-"Herc lies
q kindly Carollnian." Is.